The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) is a consortium of 42 professional associations concerned with the creation and promotion of professional standards for the development, assessment, and improvement of quality student learning, programs, and services. ACPA has been actively involved in CAS since its inception in 1979 and sends liaisons to its board. As a means of supporting ACPA members in their professional endeavors, we provide complimentary access to CAS Standards and Guidelines through the ACPA Member Portal.
The CAS Self-Assessment Guides for all 45 sets of CAS Standards are available for purchase as downloadable electronic documents from the online CAS Store. These downloadable assessment workbooks include the standards and guidelines along with a series of “criterion measure” statements used to judge the level of program compliance with the standard. More products are available on the CAS Store.
Standards
- Standards
- General Standards (log in to the ACPA Member Portal for access)
- Learning and Development Outcomes
- Characteristics of Individual Excellence
Resources
- CAS Press Release on New Publications (PDF)
- CAS Handout: Basic Information and Overview of CAS (PDF)
- Using the CAS Learning Domains to Foster Student Development (PDF)
- Using the CAS Standards for Program Development and Assessment (PDF)
- CAS Student Learning Domains and Dimensions (PDF)
- Council for the Advancement of Standards Learning and Developmental Outcomes(PDF)
- Do It Yourself CAS Assessment
- Additional Resources
Take a few moments to peruse the resources on this page and visit www.cas.edu for many more tools.
History with ACPA
ACPA was a founding member of the Council for Advancement of Standards in Higher Education in 1979. CAS is a consortium comprised of nearly 40 member organizations and nearly 100,000 professionals with a mission to "promote the improvement of programs and services to enhance the quality of student learning and development. CAS is a consortium of professional associations who work collaboratively to develop and promulgate standards and guidelines and to encourage self-assessment" (CAS, 2008).
Contact
Tim Gordon
ACPA CAS Director
Vice President for Student Affairs
SUNY Buffalo State
gordontw@buffalostate.edu
(716) 878-4704
Gavin Henning
ACPA Alternate CAS Director
Associate Professor of Higher Education
Director, Masters of Higher Education Administration
and Doctorate in Education Programs
New England College
603-428-2444
ghenning@nec.edu